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Moon Light World Map

The map below shows where the Moon is visible from the Earth, depending on weather conditions and moon phases.
The white dot Moon symbol symbolizes the position of the Moon, and the yellow sun Sun symbol symbolizes the position of the sun.

Map showing which part of the Earth the Moon is currently above the horizon at.

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Moon phase

Fraction of moon illuminated: 46%
Previous phaseThird QuarterThursday, December 6, 2012 at 3:32 PM
Next phaseNew MoonThursday, December 13, 2012 at 8:42 AM

Position of the Moon

On Friday, December 7, 2012 at 00:26:00 UTC the Moon is at its zenith at these coordinates:
Latitude: 0° 24' South
Longitude: 85° 48' East

The ground speed of the movement is currently 449.18 meters/second, 1617.0 km/hour, 1004.8 miles/hour or 873.1 knots.The table below shows the Moon position compared to the time and date above:

TimeLongitude differenceLatitude differenceTotal
laterDegreesDistanceDirectionDegreesDistanceDirectionDistance
1 minute0° 14' 31.5"16.75 miwest0° 00' 11.7"0.23 misouth16.75 mi
1 hour14° 31' 29.4"1004.74 miwest0° 11' 49.9"13.55 misouth1004.82 mi
24 hours11° 37' 44.1"804.42 mieast4° 45' 27.0"326.91 misouth867.23 mi

Locations with the moon near zenith

The following table shows 10 locations with moon near zenith position in the sky.
LocationLocal timeDistanceDirection
Sri Jayawardenapura KotteFri 5:56 AM1038 km645 miles560 nmNorthwest NW
ColomboFri 5:56 AM1044 km649 miles564 nmNorthwest NW
ThiruvananthapuramFri 5:56 AM1391 km864 miles751 nmNorthwest NW
MaduraiFri 5:56 AM1424 km885 miles769 nmNorthwest NW
MaleFri 5:26 AM1458 km906 miles787 nmWest-northwest WNW
MedanFri 7:26 AM1496 km930 miles808 nmEast-northeast ENE
ChennaiFri 5:56 AM1611 km1001 miles870 nmNorth-northwest NNW
Diego GarciaFri 6:26 AM1671 km1039 miles902 nmWest-southwest WSW
BangaloreFri 5:56 AM1737 km1079 miles938 nmNorth-northwest NNW
Kuala LumpurFri 8:26 AM1812 km1126 miles978 nmEast-northeast ENE
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